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Anne McCaffrey : a life with dragons

by Robin Roberts

A biography of the first woman to win Hugo and Nebula awards for science fiction. The text draws on interviews and archives to analyse how personal experiences and interests in theatre, history and mythology influenced the creation of the Dragonriders of Pern series.

Accession 34492 ISBN 9781578069989 Publisher University Press of Mississippi
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